This program features clips of past Jazz greats, live club performances, Places and Spaces, and Spoken Word. Just Coolin will be the next new thing on major cable television and the internet www.justcoolin.com. Just Coolin will unify today’s fragmented buying audience for 58 minutes. This show will present past jazz innovators, historic jazz locations thru Places and Spaces and mix today’s sounds –straight a head, Acid, House, and Hip Hop.
A native of Staten Island, NY, is the Creator of JUST COOLIN’. The actor/model also serves as the shows : Host, Writer and Executive Producer – working hard to push the program to new heights. Bellamy has been an on-air personality on CUNY 91.5 in the early to mid 80s; with a brief stint on WBAI. From 1992 to 1994, Bellamy a.k.a. Tastemaster, was member of the Saturday Night House Party with DJ Red Alert, Johnny Allen and Prince Messiah on KISS-FM 98.7. Also in 1994, he hosted the television program “What’s The 411″ for a full season. Bellamy has been featured in national and international commercials and voiceovers.
Bellamy’s Philosophy: “All good music should be heard and not labeled.”
Billy Strayhorn-
“I have a general rule. Rimsky-Korsakov is the one who said it: All parts should lie easily under the fingers. That’s my first rule, to write something a guy can play.”
Donald Byrd Final02C
Donald Byrd Intro
Donald Byrd P&S
Billy Strayhorn
Barney Josephson
Village Vanguard
Sweet Basils
Gil Evans
Bud Powell
Clifford Brown
Gil Scott Heron
Roy Ayers
Quincy Jones
Wes Montgomery
Toots Thielman
Jaco Pastorius
Nina Simone
Ornette Coleman